 "China’s path to 5G: What is the way forward")
The number of Chinese netizens accessing the internet with mobile phones has increased significantly. In 2016, 92.5 per cent accessed the internet on their mobile phones.
According to the latest count by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the country has more than 1.3 billion mobile phone users in 2016. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the number of mobile users who are using 4G technology doubled from 2015, with 770 million people using the said technology last year.
In the 13th Five-Year Plan, it is proposed that China should actively promote 5G development and
